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@nimh vfaire strnt @frn Leiters Patent No. 76,289, dated Marchvl, 1868.

IMPROVE!) ANIMAL-TRAP.

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Be itknowh thathI, WILLIAM L. STARR, of Columbus, county of Franklin, and State of Ohio, havevinvented a new and useful Improvement in Animal-Traps; `and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description of the construction and operation ofthesarne, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a par'toffthis specification, in whieh- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the trap.

Figure 2 is'a. part section of the shield and revolving door, showing the trigger and spring-catch.

Figure 3 .is a-section of the box andrevolving door, showing the spring'for supporting the revolving door Y I.whilst the animal is passing'over to the trigger.. l

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe 'its construction` l and operation.

Letter A is shown, in iig. 1, as the box s vith one end carried up above thevother as a shield or protection for the -bait,-so varranged as to compel the animal togo onto the pivoted door in` order to get the bat.- 4 Letter B represents thedoor, which revolves upon two pivots or centres, and nicely balanced. C represents the trigger, to which thelbait is to` be attached. Thatrigger and catch, or support for one end of thedoor, is made of one piece of wire E, \vith one or more coils, ras shown i'n iig. 2, fastened to the side of the boxor shield, by rpeans of a small piece of elastic, a, which holds it firmly toits place, and brings the catch back to its place after the door has been dropped. Letter D, shown in 'gi 8, represents the mode o f constructing the spring, so as to oler the least obstruction to the door when revolving. i I l The operation The bait is placed upon the triggerC, and the animalwalks on the trap-door B, in order to get atthe'bait, the spring 'D supporting the door 'whilst the animal is going on. When the trigger is pulled, the catch, shown in fig. 2, for' supporting the door, is pulled b ack, andthe weight of the animal revolves the door and discharges at the bottom; thedoor passing around ono half circle, and setting itself ready for the next.

What I claim as new, and desire to secu-re by Letters Patent, 'is- The substitution, in a boxftrap, A, of a single wire coil, E, retainedby a yielding connection, a, and having its two ends free and pointingvinwards, one-to hold and release the revolving platform, and the other for the bait, in place of the ordinary piivoted lever, and allf'operating together substantially as herein described.

WILLIAM L. STARR.

, Witnesses :v

HENRY C. Sanctum', JOHN Snom'. 

